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WILSON BEFORE CONGRESS
II Allied Nations Accepted President's Principles For Peace And He If
, , ; . Says It Is His Duty To Be Present ' . II
lEX-KAISER'S CONSPIRACY TO REIGN ENDS 1
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: LONDON, Dec. 2. A plot to restore imperialism and, secure the
; return of Emperor William has been discovered in Berlin, according
; to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Express.
According to the dispatch, which was filed at Amsterdam on Fri
i day, the chief men behind the plot were Field Marshal von Macken
j sen, General von Bom and General Count Sixt von Arxieim. Large
I sums of money are said to have been placed at the disposal of the
i leaders by munition makers.
7 The plot collapsed owing to the fact that a secret service agent
overheard a telephone conversation. Many arrests have been made j
f in Berlin and other cities while the government has long lists of sus-,
i pects who had planned to seize members of the present government.
No direct evidence of William Hohenzollern's connection with 1
the plot has been found, it is said, but it is believed that the outlin- j
f ing plan was brought to Berlin by two of his suite who recently went '
to the German capital for the ostensible purpose of taking the wife
f of the former emperor to Amerongen, Holland. 1
j"' Lieutenant Dr. Gustav Krupp von Bohlen is said to have been
?: in control of the financial arrangements. Field Marshal von Mack-
ensen is reported to have attempted to induce Field Marshal von
I Hindenburg to join but the latter refused, saying that he intended
to retire after the demobilization of the army.
I The whole Prussian court, it is stated, was in sympathy with the
? plotters and it is said that Prince von Buelow and Dr. George Mich-
aelis, former imperial chancellor, had promised to help. The plan
j was to organize a provisional government under Field Marshal von
X Mackensen or some other military leader and then urge William
( Hohenzollern to return.
LONDON, Dec. 2. King Nicholas of Montenegro has been de-
posed by the Skupshtina, the"'Montenegrin national assembly, accord-
jt ing to a message received here from Prague today.
'e The dispatch was sent from Prague by the Czecho-Slovak press
II bureau by way of Copenhagen, It says that the Skupshtina voted
l- the deposition on Friday last and declared for a union of Montenegro
1 with Serbia under King Peter.
mi The family of the king was included in the act of deposition.
1; LONDON, Dec. 2. Bolshevists have entered the Norwegian le
: Ration at Petrograd and removed documents belonging to Switzer-
land, whoso interests are under the protection of Norway, according
'. to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Mail. The Norwegian minister has
protested in vain and the newspapers of that country are demand
ing that Norway break relations with the soviet government.
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PARIS, Dec. 2. Eight, days re
main for the Germans to evacuate
' the left bank of the Rhine from
lower Alsace to Holland. French i
I and allied forces crossed the Ger-
man frontier yesterday. France
will be represented by contingents
' in all enemy territory, according
', to an announcement.
; LONDON, Sunday, Dec. 1. Via
:f Montreal. Reufer's limited has
'( received from a Greek source fig
i.' Urea showing that in the spring of
I 1014 the Turks Reported 700,000
j Greeks. Since tire beginning of 1
the war to the erid of 1917 the
jjb Turks deported 2MO,000 Greeks
and Armenians, of Wm 900,000
Armenians and 700)00 Greeks
I have been massacreed and 200,
; 000 mobilized Greeks have been
: put, to death or have died of their
; sufferings. Greek property taken
S by the Turks is valued at three
j billion francs.
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VIENNA, Wednesday, Nov. 27. (By
y The Associated Press) Hundreds arc
,( homeless at Lemberg as the result of
! pogroms against the Jews In that city.
It lo reported that many people have
i been killed and wounded and wliolc
5, alo lootino has taken pjace. The1
youble Is said to be extending west of;
J Jaroulav and south to Drohobycz, as
' ttell ao to many towns In western and
; eastern Gallcia. 1
I';, Jewish reports cay that the disor-
aero vvcro the outcome of an effort
,t to prevent the Jews from carrying out
s .wo principle of self .determination, ac
i lording to President Wilson's pro
$"Lrnrn' DWntarested observers state
ft wt tha farting i3 the outgrowth of
ihe f?jCt kjt jw in p eland
a Wsh to fjS free s.t.jH utvJcr Ukrainian
P lu'6' Tho PcPtc of Lcmbtrg, with
-tne exception of the Jews, want to
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unite with the Poles. The Poles,
therefore, according to these observ
ers, are pursuing a policy of violence
againet the Jews, who are in the min
ority. )
j BERLIN, Saturday, Nov. 30. (By
The Associated Press) Four thousand
non-commissioned officers at a mass
meeting today adopted a resolution
calling upon the government to end
the Bolshevist agitation of Dr. Karl
Liebkrlcht and Rosa ' Luxemburg, and I
demanding the convocation of a na
tional assembly.
Philip Scheldemann, the majority
Socialist leader, was the chief speaker.
He pointed-out the difficulties the gov.
ernmcnt was having because of the
activities of what he characterized as
irresponsible elements. He warmly
championed the idea of calling a con
etituent assembly.
The Spartacus group of ultra-radicals
announced today that It would
hold six meetings on Sunday.
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BISHOP FUNSTEN DEAD
i . BOISE. Doc. 2 Right Row James
Bowen Funsten, first Protestant Epis
copal bishop of Idaho, tiled suddenly
at his home in Boise nt 1 o'clock this
morning.
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Germans in Treves Are
fedifferent When
Troops Enter.
I IGNORE AMERICANS!
! Older People Prevent!
, Children From Show.- i
ing Enthusiasm.
AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPA
TION, Sunday, Dec. 1. No demonstra
tions, either friendly or hostile, marked
the entry of Major General Dickman's
entry into Germany today. The fron
tier was crossed early in the day and
by nightfall the Americans had moved
forward twelve miles, reaching Ragden
on the left and Saarbolzbach on the i
right. The line extended along the I
ISaar river and through Saarburg and
Treves, i
The reception given the Americans
differed from that encountered in Lux
emburg and parts of Belgium and
France. There they were welcomed '
as deliverers by almost all of the popu-1
lation. The population in Rhenish
Prussia was different. Not a single
ate of open antagonism wa3 presented
but it was evident that even the chil
dren had been schooled carefully in the
role they must play. I
Officers and men were not surprised
by the lack of display of flags and the
absence of the cheering crovds to
which they had been accustomed, but
they did not expect the calm silence
with which the advance patrols and
the columns of marchers were re-1
ceived.
On the Luxemburg side of the Mo
selle river the streets of the villages
were filled with those out to 3ay good
bye to the departing troops or by those
who passed to or from church. From
across the Moselle the streets of the !
villages were almost deserted. Per
haps 85 per cent of the population re
mained within their homes and In a
majority, of cases the blinds were
drawn. Here and there a German stood
in the doorway watching the troops
pass and occasionally groups assem
bled at street corners, but' there were
so signs of either pleasure or disap
pointment. Large crowds were encountered in
Treves, the largest place occupied lat
er in the day but even there most of
the people kept moving, maintaining
always a studied air of indifference.
So far as possible the men In khaki
were Ignored. Once In a while the
youngsters under 6 years of age were
carried away by the excitement and
displayed enthusiasm over the march
ing troops, but their forgctfulness was
corrected promptly by some older per
son. Brigadier General Preston Browne,
the military governor for occupied ter
ritory, has established his headquar
ters at Treves, which also has been
Long Declares No Undue'
Gentleness Will Be
i
Shown Germany. !
TO- TAKE COLONIES!
Hons Not to Have Any ;
.PropertRetnrBed-by i
England or France.
LONDON, Dec. 1. Via Montreal.
Walter Hume Long, secretary of state '
for the colonies, today disclosed the .
fact that he was a member of the
committee mentioned by the premier,
on November 29 to consider the terms
that should be demanded from Ger- ,
many. Therefore he could emphasize j
that the empire need have no anxiety i
on the ground of undue tenderness on
the part of Great Britain and the AI-.
lies.
He said that although he did not,
desire to enlarge the British empire, j
he saw no alternative to the solution
of the problem of the German colonies
save by their inclusion in the empire.
Where the natives had been consult-1
ed they overwhelmingly favored thati
course, he said. j
made advanced general headquarters.
General Pershing will spend part of
his time at Treves. Civil affairs will
be directed by Major General Harry;
Smith.
The troops marched into the head-'
quarters town with bands playing, but !
even the music and the presence of I
dozens of high ranking American off I-j
cers failed to Jar the population from
its attitude of calm silence. j
A curious feature of the situation ,
was the presence along the line of '
march of large numbers of German sol-!
dicrs, both officers and men still in full ;
uniform. Along the roads and in i
Treves these gray clad men moved in ,
and out of the groups of men in khaki j
or stood on the sidewalks watching
the marching columns. At several ;
places in the city and in the country
district Germans, armed with rifles,
were seen acting as civilian guards.
They had been placed there by the
German authorities to maintain or
der. , i
A number of released allied soldiers ',
appeared within the American line as
It advanced. Some of them had been
set free by the retreating Germans,
while others had been permitted to
"escape."
The allied commissions vhich have
communication with the Germans have
notified the local authorities both in
Treves and in other places that where
the civilian authorities are not trou
blesome, they will be permitted to re
main at their posts and will not be
disturbed except insofar as it is neces
sary for the carrying out of military
measures.
Shop Early for Christmas j
Onl' l 9 shopping days left before Xmas "Flu" or
no "flu" a great amount of buying and store-crowding j
will be done in the last days before Xmas. At the pres-
ent time the Ogden stores are able to handle safefy and
sanitarily, without danger, several times the amount of jj
trade they are now doing. So Start Xmas shopping to j
morrow. j j
Mauretama, Sister Ship;
of ksitania, Reaches I
New York. j
WOUNDED RETURNED!
j
Ship Northern Pacific
Brings Back '1,100 -!
Crippled Soldiers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 The British
steamship Mauretania, sister ship of
the Lusitania, is in port today with
the first large contingent of American
troops from overseas. The four thou-!
sand men, mostly non-combat troops
who were stationed in England, will
be taken to Camp Mills, on Long Is
land, during the day. Demobilization
will take place at thLs camp in the near
future.
Heavy storms delayed the giant
transport's voyage so that plans for
welcoming the soldiers had to be
changed.
Shortly before the Mauretania
dropped anchor, the hospital ship
Northern Pacific, with 1,100 wounded
soldiers and marines aboard, passed
up the bay unheralded and docked at
Hoboken. Nearly half of the heroes
aboard were badly wounded, one sec
tion being given over to men' who
have lost legs and another to those
who have had arms amputated. Red
Cross nurses supervised the work of
removing the men to nearby army
hospitals today.
The mayor's committee of welcome
made a trip down the bay last night
on the flagship of the police depart
ment fleet and circled the Mauretan
ia. Members of the party -were not
at niai ;u iu w'u iiuuiuu iuu iruiispuu
and so they used megaphones and
wireless apparatus to convey the
greetings of New York to the returned
soldlors. but later a gang plank was
shoved out and the civilians scrambled
aboard.
As the police boat's searchlight
played on the Muuretanin's decks, men
and officers could be seen, crowding
to tlje rail, as thoy shouted greetings
In return. Back across the water In
reply to the welcome, soon came such
queries as "When do we eat?" and
"Has the state gone 'dry yet?"
When members of the party accept
ed an invitation to "come aboard" they
were deluged with requests "to phone
mother and let her know I'm here,"
to "mail this letter to my girl," and
to perform similar services.
According to those on the Maure
tania the ship had a rough crossing.
Four storms were encountered and at
one time the sea ran so high tjiat the
clerical force at work In the cabin had
to quit when their typewriters were
hurled to the floor. The ship was
commanded by Captain A. H. Rostron
of the British navy, who was in com
mand of the Carpathla when that ves
sel picked up victims pf tho Titanic
disaster In 1012.
Thero were rousing cheers when
Admiral Mayo left the Mauretania and
boarded the naval tug awaiting him.
Among his fellow passengers on the
trip from England were Harry Lauder,
the comedian, who sang for the sol
diers during the voyage homo; and
Major Ian Hay of the British army.
Troops aboard the Mauretania num
ber 4,205, according to a statement by
tho military authorities Including 150
wounded men from the battle fields
!of France.
I When tho big liner left Onavesend
I bay for her North river pier Mayor Hy
lan and his party were aboard. The
Imavor announced that Secretary of
War Buker had denied his request lhal
i the troops parade In New York before
going to camp.
Declares Taking Over Cable System by Govern- ' 1
ment Insures Removal of Restrictions Upon 1
Transmission of News; Hopes to Secure Co-
operation of Congress; Ready to Return Rail- I
roads After Satisfactory Plans of Readjust- j
; ment Can Be Worked Out; I
! WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. A joint resolution Tntroduced i
by Representative Rodenburg, of Illinois, Republican, pro- aj
poses that congress declare President Wilson's trip to Europe Jffl
constitutes an inability to discharge the powers and duties of llj
the office of president and that so long as he is away from fi
the country, the vice-president act as president. M
The resolution was dropped into the bill box without M
discussion on the floor. It was referred to the judiciary com- mt
mittee. m
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Senator Cummins of Iowa, 1
Republican, introduced today a resolution proposing that a jl
senate committee of four Democrats and four Republicans be , I
sent to France for the peace conference, to keep the senate in- 1
formed on questions arising there. X
Senator Kellogg of Minnesota, Republican, declared he R
would oppose the resolution and hoped it would be sent to the i
foreign affairs committee and there killed. i
On motion of Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, Chairman I
of the foreign relations committee, the resolution was referred 1
! to that committee. Except for the statement of Senator Kel- II
, logg there was no discussion of the merits of the measure. -
The president concluded after speaking forty-two minutes and 1
left the chamber amidst applause limited to the Democratic side. In- : I
:terruptions of the address for questions which had been threatened I
. by some Republican members of the house did not materialize. R
1 WASHING-TON, Dec. 2. In an address to congTess in joint ses- m
I sion today, President Wilson formally announced his intention to go m
to Paris for the peace conference, saying the allied governments have j
' accepted principles enunciated by him for peace and it is -his, para- j
j mount duty to be present. ffi
! The president said he would be in close touch by cable and wire- M
i less and that congress will know all that he does on the other side. m
Referring to his announcement that the French and British gov- If
ieraments had removed all cable restrictions upon the transmission l
' of news of the conference to America, the president said he had taken B
over the American cable system on expert advice so as to make uni- m
fied system available. He expressed the hope that he would have M
the co-operation of the public and of congress, saying through the M
cables and wireless constant counsel and advice would be possible. M
Much of the address was devoted to the railroad problem, for W
which the president said he now had no solution to offer. He recom,- jjtj
mended careful study by congress, saying it would be a disservice J
to the country and to the railroads to permit a return to old condi- (JS
tions under private management without modifications. M
The president declared he stood ready to release the railroads m
from government control whenever a satisfactory plan of readjust- jMj
ment could be worked out. m
The president said he hoped to see a lorniai declaration oi peace n
by treaty "by the time spring has come." I
The new three year naval building program was endorsed be- 1
cause, the president said, it would be unwise to attempt to adjust the
American program to a future world policy as yet undetermined. 3
Paying tribute to the people's conduct in war, he spoke partic- jjl
' ularly of the work of women and again appealed for woman suffrage jf
by federal amendment. 1
Declaring he had no "private thought or purpose" in going to M
France, but that he regarded it as his highest duty, the president 1
added: ffl
"It is now my duty to play my full part in making good what 1
they (America's soldiers) offered their life's blood to obtain." M
No definite program of reconstruction can be outlined now, Mr. m
Wilson said. He expressed the hope that congress would not object M
to conferring upon the war trade board or some other agency the m ,
right of fixing export priorities to assure shipment of food to starv- j
ing people abroad. W
i As to taxation, the president endorsed the plan for levying six J1
1 billion dollars in 1919 and for notifying the public in advance that !
the 1920 levy will be four billion dollars, (continued on page 10) j
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